Harris and Robert, 2023 scholarship winners.
Helicentre Aviation Academy has formally launched its 2026 Helicopter Pilot Scholarship Programme – marking the 14th yr the academy has supplied this prestigious and life-changing alternative for aspiring pilots to speed up their careers.
With the deadline for 2025 purposes quick approaching, the Leicester-based academy has confirmed it would as soon as once more supply a totally funded Business Pilot Licence (CPL(H)) Scholarship value £65,000. The scholarship covers your entire value of post-PPL(H) hour-building, the ATPL(H) theoretical information course, and the total CPL(H) modular flying course – amounting to round 150 hours of flight time within the Guimbal Cabri G2.
“Our Scholarship programme has been extraordinarily profitable, offering winners with much-needed funding to finish their skilled coaching,” stated Helicentre Chairman Chris Line. “It has additionally proved instrumental in figuring out distinctive expertise – not simply among the many winners, however throughout the excessive calibre of all candidates. The programme has opened doorways for a lot of of our college students, with a number of occurring to fly for Helicentre itself on constitution and utility operations.”
Dan, 2024 scholarship winner.
Created to handle the rising demand for helicopter pilots, the programme stays one of the important non-public investments into the way forward for the UK rotary trade. “We’re extraordinarily happy with the standard of pilots we’ve found and developed due to our Scholarship programme,” Line added.
For the reason that scheme was established in 2012, Helicentre has awarded over £1.2 million in skilled pilot coaching – a novel dedication unmatched elsewhere within the UK helicopter coaching sector.
To be eligible for the 2026 scholarship, candidates should enrol on Helicentre Aviation Academy’s PPL(H) course and submit their software by thirty first January 2026. Candidates should then full their PPL(H) by thirty first July 2026 to be thought of.
Potential candidates can discover out extra and register their curiosity at: www.flyheli.co.uk/scholarships.
